综合教程2Active Reading 2, Unit 2.ppt

The disability, however, does not have to be part of the introduction and may not need to be mentioned at all – one can treat a deaf person as an individual person without drawing attention to their deafness and without showing “benevolence”. So this comment about “evidence of their benevolence” not only shares the deaf person’s experience but is a critique of how some people (even her friends) treat Sandy in a stereotyped way as “deaf”. Language Points 翻译： ……就好像我证明了他们的仁德善心一样。 If they do the ritual well enough ... Again, this is really a critical comment. The new people are shocked but quickly cover this up and make an effort to be normal in a “ritual” way of controlling their facial expressions and having “a recovery smile” to get over the shock. If they treat a deaf person as an individual person rather than as a stereotyped deaf person, they would just be normal and not need a special way of behaving (a “ritual”) – they wouldn’t be shocked so they wouldn’t need a “recovery smile”, just a normal friendly smile. Language Points 翻译： 如果他们这套仪式做得够好…… ... while my regular friends beam on. Language Points 翻译： 我的朋友们则在一旁灿烂地微笑。 Beam is to smile widely with eyes and mouth to show a happy feeling. In this story, again the word is used in a slightly sinister way, because it may indicate Sandy’s friends know that others will say something to please Sandy and as if they have done something good to please Sandy as well. ... fashion statements in various shapes and hues. A fashion statement is something that you wear or own that is new, unusual or made by a famous designer and is meant to draw attention to you. Language Points 翻译： 产品有各种各样的形状和颜色，绝对时髦。 ...a fixed circle of people, ... circle: a group of people who know each other and meet regularly, or who have similar interests or jobs ……圈子，……界 e.g. 1. a circle of friends 2. He’s well-known in fashionable circles. 他在时装界是个知名人物。 3. Johnson was part